Memory phrase for the Kanji: 由


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Meaning

reason, cause, effect, way

Pronunciation

YU, YŌ
yoshi

Explanation

A rice field with a sprouting plant

Mnemonic

A field with a sprouting plant: there must be a reason.

Radicals

reason, causeA rice field with a sprouting plant A field with just one sprouting plant: there must be a reason.
rice field
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Vocabulary

 由  よし  cause, reason
 不自由  ふじゆう  discomfort, disability, inconvenience
 由来  ゆらい  origin, source
 理由  りゆう  reason, pretext, motive
 経由  けいゆ  go by the way, via
 自由  じゆう  freedom/liberty/as it pleases you

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